1, snapping turtles are carnivores, will also eat carrion.
2, its diet is wide and varied, small fish, crayfish, a variety of shellfish and a variety of fruits and vegetables, etc.
3, field individuals will also prey on snakes, birds.
4, in captivity, can eat fish, pork, beef and poultry offal, plant food apples, vegetable leaves and so on.
: alligator snapping turtleAlligator snapping turtle (snapping turtle), is the oldest existing reptile, one of the world's largest freshwater turtles, freshwater animal king of the name, divided into two major species, commonly known as the big crocodile and small crocodile, big crocodile, also known as the real alligator snapping turtles (from the southeastern United States of America), small crocodile, also known as anthropomorphic crocodile turtles.
Appearanceits head is thicker, can not be completely retracted into the shell, the neck is short and stout, collar back snapping turtles long brown spines, eyes are small, the mouth of the upper and lower jaws are small, the muzzle is pointed, the tail is pointed and long, both sides of the prongs, prongs on the long meat protruding spines, the tail back of the anterior two-thirds of the dorsal side of the scaly skin-like elevated prongs of the dorsal side of the dorsal side of the two-thirds of the dorsal side of the dorsal side of the dorsal side of the tail, and the mouth of the serrated mouth, dorsal shell is very thin.
The epithelium is predominantly brownish-brown, occasionally brownish-yellow, the dorsum has three fuzzy ribs with radial markings and a toothed posterior margin, the abdomen is white with occasional small black spots, black when young, the limbs are stout and muscular, the claws are pointed and powerful, good at crawling.
Living environment2 ° C ~ 38 ° C normal life, 1 ° C or more can be normal overwintering, 12 ° C or less into shallow hibernation, 6 ° C into deep hibernation, 15 ° C ~ 17 ° C a small amount of activity 18 ° C or more normal feeding, 20 ° C ~ 33 ° C optimal activity, foraging, 28 ° C ~ 30 ° C optimal growth, 34 ° C or more little movement, ambling in the bottom of the water and the mud and sand to avoid the summer heat.
HabitatThe snapping turtle is a carnivore, and will also eat carrion. Its diet is wide and varied, small fish, crayfish, a variety of shellfish and a variety of fruits and vegetables are snapping turtles prey, wild individuals will also prey on snakes, birds.